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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English visual, from French visuel, visual and directly from Late Latin vīsuālis (“of sight”), from vīsus (“sight, vision”) + -ālis (“adjective suffix”), from vidēre (“to see, perceive; look (at)”); see visage. By surface analysis, Latin vīsus + -ual.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɪʒuːəl/, /ˈvɪzjuːəl/, /ˈvɪʒəl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈvɪʒuəl/, /ˈvɪʒwəl/
Adjective
visual (comparative more visual, superlative most visual)
- Related to or affecting the vision.
2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close […] above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.
- (obsolete) That can be seen; visible.
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Translations
related to or affecting the vision Noun
visual (plural visuals)
- Any element of something that depends on sight.
2016, S. C. Sterling, Teenage Degenerate, page 5:It wasn't the first time I pulled an all-nighter, but normally I was coming off an acid trip and still seeing visuals dancing around in my head.
- An image; a picture; a graphic.
- (in the plural) All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.
- (advertising) A preliminary sketch.
- (music) Any element of a show done by a marching band besides the marching and playing of instruments.
The visual where the trombone all threw their instruments into the air looked good.
- (usually plural, slang) A hallucination perceived as seen by the eyes, such as from psilocybin.
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References
Further reading
- “visual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “visual”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Anagrams
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin visuālis, from Latin visus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈswal/ [biˈswal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: vi‧sual
Adjective
visual (epicene, plural visuales)
- visual
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin visuālis, from Latin visus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
visual m or f (masculine and feminine plural visuals)
- visual
Derived terms
Further reading
- “visual”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “visual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “visual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “visual”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Galician
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Galician visual Learned borrowing from Late Latin visuālis, from Latin vīsus (“the action of looking; vision”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈswal/ [biˈs̺wɑɫ]
- Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: vi‧sual
Adjective
visual m or f (plural visuais)
- visual
Derived terms
Further reading
Indonesian
Etymology
From Late Latin visualis (“of sight”), from Latin visus (“sight”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [viˈsual]
- Hyphenation: vi‧su‧al
Adjective
visual
- visual
- related to or affecting the vision
- that can be seen; visible
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Further reading
Occitan
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Adjective
visual m (feminine singular visuala, masculine plural visuals, feminine plural visualas)
- visual
Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2026, page 737
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Noun
visual f (plural visuaj)
- view
Adjective
visual
- visual
Portuguese
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Portuguese visual Learned borrowing from Late Latin visuālis, from Latin vīsus (“the action of looking; vision”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.zuˈaw/ [vi.zuˈaʊ̯], (faster) /viˈzwaw/ [viˈzwaʊ̯]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: vi‧su‧al
Adjective
visual m or f (plural visuais)
- visual
Derived terms
Noun
visual m (plural visuais)
- look, style
- Synonym: look
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Spanish visual Learned borrowing from Late Latin visuālis, from Latin vīsus (“the action of looking; vision”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈswal/ [biˈswal]
- IPA(key): /bisuˈal/ [bi.suˈal]
- Syllabification: vi‧sual, vi‧su‧al
Adjective
visual m or f (masculine and feminine plural visuales)
- visual
Derived terms
Further reading
- “visual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
- Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “visual”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA
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